The effects of delay on eyewitness identification accuracy: Should we be concerned?

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume II: Memory for People

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 361-376

  Dysart, Jennifer E ^a   Lindsay, R C L ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936368-22     Document Type: Chapter

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